[ARRL-OK] SB-389

Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:08:01 -0600

Commercial and Rural only - come on.  That's not where we have problems.
Where there are problems are city zoning or other ordinances and CC&R's.
And make it clear that it applies (as in, no unreasonable restrictions on)
ALL amateurs.

I'm registered with ARES and RACES - but I still feel that any wording that
singles out certain sub-groups could be turned around and used against us by
a sharpster lawyer.  Don't give them the chance.

This law needs specific wording to exempt all amateurs from all unreasonable
zoning restrictions, state, county, city or local (CC&R).  If it only
applies to cell towers and AM commercial radio stations, then it should SAY
SO.

I feel it should also have a specific exemption for local emergency
services - as in fire, police and ambulance.  They have to go through city
zoning, too.  I once worked for a volunteer fire department in an upscale
suburb that wanted everything to be "picturesque", so no antenna towers.
Then we told them we could not safely put out their $1/2 million house if it
caught on fire, because of the hill between their sub-division and our
dispatch center.  They didn't want us to put up a tower on top of the hill,
which happened to be at the back edge of their development.

Jay
AD5PE
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reimer" <[email protected]>
To: "Jim Glover" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] SB-389

> Jim wrote:
>
> >>   For example,
> >>
> >> C. No provision in this bill shall prohibit licensed amateur radio
> >> operators from installing towers on their own property so far as the
> >> structures are permitted by current zoning ordinances.  Communities are
> >> required to accomodate, in the greatest possible manner, amateur radio
> >> operators registered and participating with their local emergency
> >> management agency and/or the Amateur Radio Emergency Service.
> >>
>
> > Whoa!!!!
>
> <snip snip snip>
>
> I agree - why just ARES folks?
>
> ---however---
>
> Look at the language above.  Communities?  Read the bill.  If you're
> in an area covered by "community" zoning, the bill does *not* apply
> to you.  It only applies to areas outside of communities, (i.e.
> "rural" areas) and *appears* to only apply to commercial concerns.
>
> -jdr-
>
>
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